Named for Abel Tasman, who landed here in 1642 on an expedition for the Dutch East India Company, the island has a history that is primarily British, going back to the early 1800s, when Tasmania ...

Visitors to Abel Tasman National Park are being asked to report sightings of the toutouwai or bush robin. Conservation organisation Project Janszoon would record sightings of the robin from Monday ...

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Who is Kia Tasman named after? The Kia Tasman was named after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, the man credited as the first European to 'discover' Tasmania, after who it is named. Disclaimer: You ...

The emotive name (and label) is in part a tribute to Abel Tasman, the first European to sight Tasmania before proceeding to the South Island of NZ, navigating by the stars. -JAMES HALLIDAY ...